Passenger-car construction



C. S. COTTON.-

PASSENGER CAR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED AIRI23I I92OI Patented June 14, 1921.

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CII. ICIIIILTIItIIIFIIICII I Witwe/nef APPLICATION FILED APR.23. 1920.

Patented June 14, 1921.

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JERSEY.

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ASSIGNOR T0 PRESSED STEEL A CORPORATION OF NEW PSSENGER-CAR CONSTRCTION.

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Specification of Letters latent.

Patented June 14;, 1921.

Application lcd April 23, 1320. Serial No. 375,020.

To all whom t muy concern Be it known that l, @Harinas S. Co'r'roN7 acitizen of JVhe United States, residing in Ciafton, in the vcounty oicAllegheny and citate of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseitul lmproif'ements in Passenger- Car eonstruction, ot which thefollowingl is a specli-cation.

lt has been obscrv'ed that the event of :i collision between cars ortrains traveling at great speedj adjacent cars will mount and telescopeeach other and the heavy and strong underframe ot One car will shear oila: d destroy the relatively light and weak posts and braces forming thesuperstructure or body portion proper oi tie adjacent car, hns causinglgreat damage to the cars and,

the cars are carrying` passengers, will consequently cause a great lossof lite.

in object oit the present invention is to nroi'ide a passeneer car inwhich the body lortion proper or the car is given greater Lwinst damagedue telescopl jacent ear. ther object of the invention is to prothe endportion of a railway passenger with a construction which will, when theiniuerfranie oit one car rises above the underitranie of an adjacentcar, absorb or cushionl the shock diie to t1 e impact of the cars thusreducing the momentum of one undertranie before it reaches the posts andbraces of the body portion proper of the other car.

A Jfurther object of' the invention is to pro vide the end portion ot arailway passenger car with shock absorbing means which eX- tendstransversely of the car and is connected with the side plates thereof.

These and other objects will be Jiroin the following` description:

Referring now to the drawings in which like reference characters referto like parts:

apparent lligure l, is a plan View of a portion ot a railway carembodying the invention7 the roer" being` omitted to more clearlyillustrate the invention: Fig. 2, is an enlarged longitudinal sectionalview taken on the line 2 2 o'f Fig. l and 3, is an enlarged sectional YYview taken on the line 3 3 ci Fig. l.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the reference character lindicates the end plate which extends from side to side of the r1 n car.llns end plate may be or any suitable construction but as illustrated inthe drawings is preferably of channel torni having its web 2 disposedhorizontally and its flanges 8 and a' disposed downwardly. The sideplates 5 oi the car extend from end to end plate and are connectedtherewith in any suitable manner. rfhese side plates may be of anypreferred construction but as illustrated in the drawings are preferablyoi5 channel torin in cross-section, having their webs 6 disposedhorizontally and their flanges 'l disposed downwardly. The end plate lis connected with the usual vestibule end post 5l and the side plates 5are connected with the superstructure framing (not shown) in the usualmanner.

The reference character 9 indicates a shock absin'bing` member whichcomprises a plate which extends troni side plate to side plate and restson and is secured to suoli sido plates by rivets or any other suitableinea s. The edge portions ot' the plateQ, adjacent the sides of the car7are each rovided with a downwardly depending' 'flange l() which ispreferably secured to the outer downwardly depending flange 7 ot one otthe side plates. The edge portion oi the plate 9, adjacent the oid otthe car, is pi'oif'idcd with a fiat portion ll which is preferablysecured to the web 2 of the end plate while the opposite edgeV portionoil the plate is preferably provided with an upwardly extending flangel2 which is secured to one or' the flanges 13 o"A a channel shapedmember 141: which eI-lt ifrom side to side 01"' the car and which at its`ends is secured to the sido plates This .plate 9 may boot any desiredthickness and is proif'ided with corrugations l5 which prei"- erablyextend transversely of the car and are preferably continuous Vfrom sideplate to side plate. To the underside of 'this plate a finish ceiling`plate i8 may be secured.

lt will be noted that when a car equiojed with the corrugated plate 9 isin a wreck collision and an adjacent car mounts it that the corrugationsl5 ot the plate will told and will at the saine Limc tend to draw theside plates 5 and parts connected thorewitln in a direction toward thelongitudinal center line oft the car and will thus torni a cushion whichwill absorb the shock ot the oncoming` car. lt will be Jfurther noted tiat each corrugation as it is folded increases the resistance to theoncoming' car and gradually decreases the momentum or" the car andfinally stops the one car from telescoping,` the body portion of theother car.

Heretofore instead of making the plate 9 crushable, a flat plate hasbeen used which, when one car mounts another, would tear and offer onlya slight resistance to the oncoming car and would therlorol perinit theone car to telescope the other. .in the present invention the plate 9is, by reason oit' the corrugations l5, initially crushed to some degreeand thus prevents any tearing oi the plate.

lt will be understood 'that changes may be made in the constructiondescribed wit-hout departing from the spiriL a d scope oit the appendedclaims.

Having thus described the invention what I claini as new and desire tosecure bylietters Patent is l. ln a passenger car, side training, aroo'i` structure connected'with said training, and a horizontallydisposed` corrugated plato below said roof structure extending betweenand secured to said side ir'rarninfr.

2. ln a passenger car, side training, a rooconnected with said framing,and a horizontally disposed corrugated plate below said roof extendingbetween and secured to said si de jfrainiing, the corrugations in saidplate extending transversely oi"A the car..

3. ln a passenger car end construction, side training, a roof connectedwith said training, a horizontally disposed pla-te ranged below saidroot and conne@y ed with said training, and corrugations in said plate.

l. ln a passenger car end construction,

-side plates, a root connected with said side plates, and a horizontallydisposed corrugated plate extending between and secured to said sideplates below said roof, said corrugated plate being adapted to graduallydecrease the rn-oinentiun of an adjacent car.

5. ln a passenger car end construcaon,

side plates, a rooiconnected with said side plates and horizontallydisposed nieans extending` between and connected with said side platesaelow said rootl adapted to cushion the shock of an adjacent car.

ln a passenger car end construction, side plates, a roo'r connected withsaid side plates, and a horizontally disposed corrugated plate belowsaid root secured to said ,absorb the shock due to the impact orn anadjacent car.

8. A car structure comprising side wall structures and a roof structureand horizontally disposed rnea-ns arranged below saidI rooil structureand secured to said side wall structure, said nieans comprising aplurality of transverse parts adapted to cooperate to intercept atel-@scoping body.

9. A car structure coinprising side wall structures and a. roofstructure, a horizon- -tally disposed corrugated ineans below said root'structure connected with said side wall structures adapted to intercepta telescoping body.

i0. A car structure comprising side plates a roof above said plates, ahorizontally disposed platel arranged below said root structureextending between and secured to said side plates adapted to intercept atelescoping body. y

ll. A car structure comprising Van end plate, side plates, a tansrerseineinber eutending between and secured to said side plates andhorizontally disposed means secured to said end and side plates and tosaid transverse nieinber adapted to intercept a telescoping body. Y

12. A car structure comprising an end plate, side plates, a transverserneinber engaging` said side plates and a horizontally disposedcorrugated plate secured to said side and end plates and to saidtransverse rneinber adapted to intercept a telescoping body. Y j

lin testimony whereof l aillX niy signature in the presence ot twowitnesses.

CHARLES S. SUTTON.

lllitnesses E. S. 'rzLnR, EDYTHE LAMBn.

